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Thursday October 29

Asia Digest

  1. Hong Kong leader apologises over Wang Fuk Court fire as inquiry finds four government bodies partly responsible public-safety Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee apologised on Thursday for the November 2025 fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po that killed 168 people, as a judge-led inquiry report found four government bodies partly responsible and Housing Secretary Winnie Ho resigned, according to Reuters and AFP.
  2. North Korea fires about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea conflict North Korea fired about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, and Seoul's presidential office urged Pyongyang to stop what it called provocations, according to Yonhap and The Korea Herald.
  3. Samsung Electronics posts record 107.4 trillion won quarterly operating profit on AI memory demand earnings Samsung Electronics said its third-quarter operating profit reached a record 107.4 trillion won on revenue of 195.3 trillion won, driven by its memory chip business, though its shares closed 4.13% lower on Thursday, according to the company and CNBC.
  4. Special counsel again seeks death penalty for South Korea's former President Yoon on appeal courts A special counsel team asked the Seoul High Court on Thursday to sentence former President Yoon Suk Yeol to death on insurrection charges over his December 2024 martial law declaration, after a lower court gave him life imprisonment in February, according to Yonhap and SBS.
  5. Japan's ruling coalition and DPP agree to cut 31 Lower House seats politics Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner the Japan Innovation Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed on Thursday to cut 31 proportional representation seats from the 465-seat House of Representatives, according to Kyodo News and The Japan Times.

World Digest

  1. Spain train crash death toll reaches 68 as minister blames 'inexplicable' control-centre order disaster At least 68 people were killed when a high-speed Renfe train struck a stationary Iryo train near Urda in central Spain on Wednesday, and Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a control-centre decision to let the train resume at normal speed is at the centre of the investigation, according to the BBC, The Guardian and Euronews.
  2. Moscow mayor says 613 drones flew toward the Russian capital overnight conflict Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 613 drones flew toward the Moscow region between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, with 231 destroyed on approach to the city and most of the rest neutralized farther out, according to Reuters, via Al Jazeera, and Meduza.
  3. Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami and says he did not flee Brazil elections Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in the Miami area on Wednesday after Brazil cancelled his passports in a criminal investigation, and said in a statement that he "did not flee Brazil," according to the BBC and The Guardian.
  4. El Salvador sends more than 2,000 troops to Haiti to find four missing soldiers as Haiti delays its elections conflict El Salvador's foreign ministry said Wednesday it is deploying more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to search for four Salvadoran air force technicians missing since an Oct. 18 ambush and to help fight gangs, according to the BBC and Al Jazeera.
  5. Ethiopia says it has received Russian Su-35 fighter jets as fighting continues in Tigray diplomacy Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Wednesday that his country has received Su-35 fighter jets from Russia and plans to acquire four S-400 air defence systems, as government forces fight in the northern Tigray region, according to the BBC and Al Jazeera.